The next day, Li Shu and Wu Ma were surprised to find Ye Jinghuai not coming downstairs as usual.
After searching, they finally found him lying unconscious on a small bed in the warm room.
"Oh my! Young Master?" Wu Ma exclaimed, but found him unresponsive. She reached out and touched his forehead.
"Quick, Lao Li! Notify the driver to rush to the hospital. I'll go next door and bring Miss Nuannuan back." Wu Ma was heartbroken to see the young master, whom she had watched grow up, in such a state.
Yesterday, she had thought Miss Nuannuan was just having a small tantrum and would be fine the next day. She hadn't expected the young master to be so upset. If only she hadn't let the other young masters take Miss Nuannuan away.
On the hospital bed, Ye Jinghuai lay with a pale face and slightly dry lips.
"Waa~ Daddy~ Nuannuan was wrong~ Daddy~ Waaaa~"
Nuannuan, lying on Ye Jinghuai, cried miserably, as if Ye Jinghuai was about to pass away.
"Daddy~ Nuannuan isn't angry anymore~ Daddy, wake up quickly, hug Nuannuan~ Nuannuan isn't leaving~ Waa~"
For a moment, only Nuannuan's crying filled the hospital room, her voice hoarse.
"Oh dear, good child, don't cry anymore! Grandma's heart aches so much, your father is fine, just has a fever." Liu Ruhua, seeing Nuannuan cry so sadly, wiped her tears with concern.
"Little Nuannuan, your second brother is fine, don't cry, don't cry~ Look, your uncle is making a funny face for you." Ye Jingzhi was clumsily trying to comfort her from the side.
"Nuannuan, be good, your father is fine, he'll wake up soon."
Behind them, everyone crowded around to coax the little one, none paying attention to the one lying down.
"Nuannuan, stop crying, Grandpa is here!"
Ye Jianming seized the opportunity to squeeze forward to comfort Nuannuan, and then smoothly picked her up.
"No~ Nuannuan doesn't want to leave! Nuannuan doesn't want to leave Daddy~" Nuannuan struggled fiercely in Ye Jianming's arms, flailing her limbs.
Ye Jianming had no choice but to put the little one down, rub his nose, and guiltily return to his wife's side.
"Heh~ You think you're so smart? Did none of us think of that?" Liu Ruhua glared at him, looking at how pleased he was with himself!
"Ahem, I just feel bad for the child!" Ye Jianming said, pretending to be nonchalant.
"You still have another child lying there! Why don't I see you feeling bad?" Liu Ruhua couldn't even be bothered to talk to him.
"What's there to feel bad about for such a big man?" Ye Jianming grumbled unhappily, it wasn't a serious illness.
Ye Jinghuai vaguely heard Nuannuan crying.
"Nuannuan..." the person on the bed suddenly spoke and slowly opened his eyes.
Ye Jinghuai felt a terrible headache and his throat was very dry. He thought he had another hallucination, hearing Nuannuan call for Daddy.
"Daddy~" Nuannuan pounced and hugged Ye Jinghuai's neck.
Being pounced on by the little one, Ye Jinghuai was still a bit dazed. Then, feeling the warm body temperature and the tangible milky scent from the little one, he finally believed it wasn't a hallucination.
"Nuannuan?" Ye Jinghuai's tone was full of surprise.
"Nuannuan, you're back? Have you forgiven Daddy?"
"Daddy, I'm sorry. Nuannuan isn't angry anymore~ It's Nuannuan who was naughty and made Daddy sad~ Daddy, Nuannuan is not a good child~"
Nuannuan, with red and swollen eyes and a crying tone, her small voice slightly hoarse from her recent crying.
"It's Daddy's fault, Daddy made a mistake, Daddy didn't do what he promised Nuannuan, Nuannuan is the best child in the world."
Ye Jinghuai hugged his daughter tightly, his heart filled only with the joy of recovering something lost.
"Daddy~ Nuannuan will never leave Daddy again~"
"Good."
"Cough~ Jinghuai, although your father-daughter affection is very touching, there are still so many people here!"
Ye Jingchen, standing nearby, coughed lightly, reminding the father and daughter on the bed.
Ye Jinghuai only then noticed the many people in the room.
"Dad, Mom, why are you here?"
"Why wouldn't we be here? We've all been standing here for half the day, can't you see us?" Liu Ruhua rolled her eyes.
"If we didn't come, how would we see your show? Oh my, anyone seeing this would think you were lovesick! I finally understand what lovesickness is."
The moment Liu Ruhua thought about it, she found it amusing. She had never seen her son in such a dazed state, so of course she had to come and see.
"Mom~" Ye Jinghuai felt a little embarrassed.
"Nuannuan, don't stay so close to Daddy, Daddy is sick, it's contagious. Mom, why didn't you take Nuannuan away?"
Ye Jinghuai suddenly remembered he was still sick and became a little anxious.
"You only just thought of that! Nuannuan has been by your side the whole time, refusing to leave, and crying whenever anyone tried to pick her up. Don't worry! This is lovesickness, it's not contagious."
"I say, second brother, you're being too dramatic. Nuannuan is next door, if you really miss her, can't you just walk over there?" Ye Jingzhi was still startled when he heard his second brother had fainted.
"Little Fifth, you don't understand, your second brother is punishing himself!" Ye Jingming replied.
"Second brother, I gave Nuannuan back to you. If anything happens to you again, Nuannuan will hate me." Ye Jingming said with lingering fear.
"No, no~ It's not Uncle Third's fault, Nuannuan was naughty." Nuannuan quickly waved her little hands to deny it.
"Nuannuan is still the most considerate. But this is his own fault, Nuannuan is not wrong." Ye Jingming bent down and stroked Nuannuan's small, tear-reddened face.
"Exactly, if you hadn't made Nuannuan angry, would you have to suffer like this? And you made my precious child so sad. Tell me! What exactly happened?"
When Liu Ruhua thought about this, she felt her son deserved it. If she had known, she would have come over last night and taken Nuannuan to the old house for a couple of days.
As soon as this was mentioned, Ye Jingzhi remembered yesterday and vividly described the scene at Ye Shi yesterday.
"Senior Brother~ Let's hang out again some other time~"
Ye Jingzhi repeated everything word for word, remembering the expressions on everyone's faces clearly.
Then, Ye Jinghuai had to retell the whole story from the beginning, including the surveillance camera incident, and finally mentioned that he had decided not to cooperate with OA.
"You said it yourself, you have plenty of business, are you just being selfless? She clearly had ulterior motives. In the end, you still didn't cooperate, forcing my precious child to be sad."
Liu Ruhua pointed at Ye Jinghuai, becoming more and more angry the more she thought about it.
"Grandma~" Nuannuan hugged Ye Jinghuai's neck and looked pitifully at Liu Ruhua.
"Alright, alright, Grandma won't blame your Daddy." Liu Ruhua had no way to refuse Nuannuan.
"You decide on this matter." Ye Jianming nodded and said nothing else.
"If I had known this, I wouldn't have been so polite yesterday!" Ye Jingzhi said indignantly.
"Enough, she didn't show anything, everything on the surface was impeccable. She probably didn't expect Second Brother to check the surveillance cameras!" Ye Jingming scoffed.
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Jinghuai, you're awake now, the doctor said you can go home and rest. Let's all disperse."
Liu Ruhua found it annoying to listen to and waved her hand, telling everyone to leave.